Docket No.: FAA-2000-8462 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315, 119.5(g), and 119.21(a) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit NWM to carry passengers on local flights for compensation or hire in its limited category Boeing B-17 aircraft in support of the NWM's fundraising efforts. Grant, March 26, 2001, Exemption No. 7474
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8165 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.813(e) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the installation of interior doors between passenger compartments on the Bombardier Global Express airplane, Model BD-700-1A10. Grant, March 7, 2001, Exemption No. 7455
Docket No.: 29003 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.175(a) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CHI to operate Boeing Vertol and Kawasaki Vertol 107II (BV/Bk-107II) rotorcraft in on-demand, passenger-carrying operations, under Part 135, in day VFR conditions, without having approved airborne weather radar equipment installed. Denial, March 8, 2001, Exemption No. 7456
AIRSHOW, INC. and Qualcomm, Inc. are marketing a new broadband terminal for corporate and commercial aviation users that can deliver up to 144 kilobytes per second of bi-directional data over the Globalstar satellite communication system, more than 15 times faster than the 9.6 KPS rate of current aircraft systems, Airshow said.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION late last month confirmed that manufacturers cannot mandate compliance with service bulletins without clearance from the agency. In response to a request from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association to clarify its policy on mandatory service bulletins, Michael Gallagher, manager of FAA's Small Airplane Directorate, wrote, "A statement that bulletin compliance is mandatory must be FAA-approved to be included in the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA).
Docket No.: 29969 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.313(e) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit NAAA members to operate restricted category aircraft over densely populated areas, in congested airways, or near busy airports where passenger transport operations are conducted.
Docket No.: FAA-2001-8678 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(j) Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the installation of an interior arrangement that does not provide firm "handholds" in the aft bedroom for Boeing Model 737-700 airplane, serial number 29972. Grant, March 27, 2001, Exemption No. 7475
Docket No.: FAA-2001-8938 Section of 14 CFR Affected: 135.143(c)(2) Description of Relief Sought Disposition: To permit COCAS to operate certain aircraft under Part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft. Grant, March 6, 2001, Exemption No. 7454
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9136 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 79. Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To operate a one-time flight to Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on or about April 1, 2001. Grant, March 25, 2001, Exemption No. 7477
Model 328-100 series airplanes (Docket No. 2001-NM-67-AD; Amendment 39-12190; AD 2000-26-09 R1) -- revises an existing AD that requires revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness to incorporate life limits for certain items and inspections to detect fatigue cracking in certain structures. This amendment adds information pertaining to certain material incorporated by reference. This amendment is prompted by the issuance of revisions to the Dornier 328 Airworthiness Limitations Document.
Docket No.: 30110 Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 43.1 Description of Relief Sought: To permit Boeing to perform maintenance on newly manufactured airplanes after the issuance of an airworthiness certificate but before delivery to the customer under Boeing's production certificate instead of its repair station certificate.
BE A PILOT, the industry's learn-to-fly promotional program, plans to award a $10,000 prize to the participating flight school that develops and documents the best local marketing effort. To be eligible to compete for the prize, a school must be a BE A PILOT participant and honor the $49 introductory flight certificates. Competitors will be judged on their record of returning redeemed introductory flight certificates for the program's advertising response analysis. Details will be mailed to participating flight schools in June.
Model ATR 42-200, -300, and -320 series airplanes (Docket No. 2001-NM-08-AD) -- proposes to require modifying the wiring of the starting rotary switch. This action is necessary to prevent the loss of electrical power supply to the DC emergency and standby buses, which could result in the loss of some electrical loads and the consequent display of erroneous information to the flight crew. This action is intended to address the identified unsafe condition. FAA estimates that 60 airplanes on the U.S. Registry would be affected at a cost of $14,400, or $240 per airplane.
JOHN W. (JACK) OLCOTT was inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame&Museum of New Jersey during ceremonies Thursday night. Olcott, a New Jersey native and Princeton University graduate, is the president of the National Business Aviation Association. He was a flight test engineer early in his career and later was an editor at Flying magazine and served as editor and publisher of Business&Commercial Aviation magazine.
Models PA-60-600 (Aerostar 600), PA-60-601 (Aerostar 601), PA-60-601P (Aerostar 601P), PA-60-602P (Aerostar 602P), and PA-60-700P (Aerostar 700P) airplanes (Docket No. 2000-CE-31-AD; Amendment 39-12187; AD 2001-08-10) -- requires replacement of both of the existing main landing gear lower side brace assemblies with improved parts. This AD is the result of several reports of cracking of the main landing gear lower side brace at the upper bolt lug discovered on preflight inspection.
DASSAULT FALCON JET is expected to announce an agreement this week with United Airlines to supply as many as 100 Falcon business jets for the carrier's new fractional aircraft program. See article on Page 216.
TRANSDIGM signed an agreement to buy Champion Aviation Products from Federal-Mogul Ignition Company, TransDigm announced last week. The acquisition is slated for completion this quarter, subject to the normal regulatory review. Terms were not disclosed. Liberty, S.C.-based Champion produces igniters for turbine engines and spark plugs and oil filters for piston engines. With sales of $70 million in 2000, Champion will increase TransDigm's annual sales by almost 50 percent.
ANTHONY HULSEBUS joined Dassault Falcon Jet as a field service representative based in Springfield, Ill. Hulsebus has 19 years of aircraft maintenance experience including 13 years with Midcoast Aviation where he served as quality control inspector and lead supervisor in the service department. He also was a senior mechanic with AlliedSignal Aerospace and an aircraft maintenance specialist with the U.S. Air Force.
Model Mystere-Falcon 50, Mystere-Falcon 900, and Falcon 900EX series airplanes (Docket No. 2001-NM-10-AD) - proposes to require revising the Emergency Procedures and Abnormal Procedures sections of the airplane flight manual to advise the flightcrew to immediately don oxygen masks in the event of significant pressurization or oxygen level changes. This action is necessary to prevent incapacitation of the flightcrew due to lack of oxygen, which could result in their inability to continue to control the airplane.
AIRWOLF OIL FILTERS won a supplemental type certificate for a remote-mounted Gorilla oil filter system for Pratt&Whitney radial engines found on bush pilot, agricultural and warbird aircraft. The filter processes 20 gallons per minute and captures 80 percent of particles that are 20 microns or larger. It also extends the oil change interval from 25 flight hours to 50.
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., are using electron beam technology on the sub-molecular scale to create microscopic sensors for spacecraft and aircraft of the future. Their work on JPL's new electron beam lithography system-one of only three in the world - could lead someday to significant reductions in mass and cost of flight vehicles, BA affiliate AviationNow.com reported.
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC., Wayne, Pa., reported higher sales and net income for the 12 months of fiscal 2001, which ended March 31. Net income was up 13 percent to $39.2 million, or $3.11 per common share, on sales of $560.6 million. That compares with net income of $34.2 million, or $2.79 per share, on sales of $441.7 million in fiscal 2000.
The National Transportation Safety Board cited a string of coincidental pilot and controller errors that caused air traffic controllers to lose basic aircraft and altitude radar information on a Beech C90 King Air turboprop in the Oct. 17 midair collision between a Beech C90 King Air and Gulfstream III . The bottom left flap of a Gulfstream owned by actor Jim Carrey struck the wing and top of the King Air C90 while both aircraft were on a four-mile approach to Runway 16R at the Van Nuys, Calif., Airport.
UNITED AIRLINES' DECISION to become the first airline to get into the fractional aircraft ownership business is generating a lot of interest, but United isn't the only airline eying the business jet industry for new revenues. Sources say at least two other carriers are considering entering the fractional business, with Delta the most likely to step up next.
